You can add and rearrange menus on the Menu bar or context (right-click) menus; add, rearrange, and remove commands on menus; and make other changes.
To customize menus, choose Tools > Customize on the Menu bar. On the Customize dialog, go to the Menus tab (Figure 21) or the Context Menus tab. The following examples focus on the Menus tab but the Context Menus tab is similar in appearance and behavior.
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Figure 21: The Menus tab of the Customize dialog Modifying an existing menu
1) In the Scope drop-down list in the upper right of the Customize dialog, choose whether to save this changed menu for Calc or for a selected document.
2) In the Target drop-down list, select the menu that you want to customize. The list includes all the sub-menus as well as the main menus. The commands on the selected menu are shown in the Assigned Commands list below.
3) To add a command to the selected menu, click on a command in the Available
Commands list and then click the right arrow. You can narrow the search by using the Search box on the top left or selecting the Category in the drop-down list. Use the up and down arrows on the far right-hand side to move the command into the place where you want it in the Assigned Commands list.
4) To remove a command from the selected menu, click on it in the Assigned Commands list and then click the left arrow.
5) To insert a separator or submenu, use the commands in the Insert drop-down under Customize at the bottom right.
Figure 22: Customize dialog, Menus tab, Insert drop-down
6) To rename a menu item, select it in the Assigned Commands list and choose Rename from the Modify drop-down below.
Figure 23: Customize dialog, Menus tab, Modify drop-down
7) Use the Reset button to reset Calc’s menu configuration to the default settings.
8) When you have finished making all your changes, click OK to save them.
Creating a new menu
1) On the Menus tab of the Customize dialog, click the button next to the Target field (Figure 24) and select Add in the drop-down list, to display the New Menu dialog (Figure 25).
Figure 24: Location of command to add a new menu
2) In the New Menu dialog, type a name for the new menu in the Menu name box.
3) Use the up and down arrow buttons to move the new menu into the required position on the Menu bar. Click OK to save and return to the Customize dialog.
The new menu now appears on the list of menus in the Customize dialog. It will appear on the Menu bar itself after you save your customizations.
After creating a new menu, you need to add some commands to it, as described above for modifying a menu.
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Figure 25: Adding a new menu Creating an accelerator
You can allocate a letter in a custom menu’s name to be used as a keyboard shortcut. (That letter will become underlined.) When you press Alt+that letter, that menu or command will be invoked.
Existing submenus can also be edited to change the letter which is used to select them using the keyboard when the menu is open.
To create an accelerator:
1) On the Customize dialog, select a menu item in the Assigned Commands list.
2) Click the Modify button and select Rename.
3) Add a tilde (~) in front of the letter to use as an accelerator.
4) Click OK to save the change.
For example. if you enter “~Art”, the “A” in the menu item Art is now underlined. Press Alt+A and the Art menu will open.
Caution
When assigning an accelerator, be careful not to use a letter that is already assigned to a menu or command associated with a menu item. The same letter-key
combinations can be used for commands associated with different menu items but not for those associated with the same menu or menu item.
Toolbars
You can customize toolbars in several ways, including choosing which icons are visible and locking the position of a docked toolbar, as described in Chapter 1, Introducing LibreOffice, of the Getting Started Guide. This section describes how to create new toolbars and add or delete icons (commands) on a toolbar.
To get to the toolbar customization dialog (Figure 26), do any of the following:
• On the toolbar, right-click in the toolbar and choose Customize Toolbar.
• Choose View > Toolbars > Customize on the Menu bar and go to the Toolbars tab.
• Choose Tools > Customize on the Menu bar and go to the Toolbars tab.
Figure 26: The Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog To customize a toolbar:
1) In the Scope drop-down list on the upper right of the Customize dialog, choose whether to save this changed toolbar for Calc or for a selected document.
2) In the Target drop-down list, select the toolbar that you want to customize. The current toolbar content is displayed in the Assigned Commands list.
3) Select the command to be added in the Available Commands list. You can narrow your search by using the Search box on the top left or choosing a category in the drop-down list just below.
4) Click on the large right arrow to add the command to the Assigned Commands list for the toolbar. Use the up and down arrows in the far right to position the command in the toolbar.
5) To remove a command from a toolbar, select it in the Assigned Commands list and click the large left arrow.
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6) To show or hide a command assigned to a toolbar, mark or clear the checkbox next to its icon in the Assigned Commands list.
7) To insert a separator, use the command in the Insert drop-down under Customize at the bottom right.
8) To rename a toolbar item, select it in the Assigned Commands list and choose Rename in the Modify drop-down.
9) Use the Reset button to reset Calc’s toolbar configuration to the default settings.
10) When you have finished making all your changes, click OK to save them.
Creating a new toolbar To create a new toolbar:
1) Choose Tools > Customize on the Menu bar.
2) On the Toolbars tab of the Customize dialog, click the button next to the Target field and select Add in the drop-down list, to display the Name dialog.
3) On the Name dialog, type the new toolbar's name and choose in the Save In drop-down list where to save this new toolbar – for Calc or for the open document.
The new toolbar now appears on the list of toolbars in the Customize dialog.
To add commands to the new toolbar, follow the instructions earlier for modifying a toolbar.
Choosing icons for toolbar commands
Toolbar buttons can be displayed with Icon only, Text only, or Icon and text. This selection is made through the menu that drops down from the button to the right of the Target field. However, not all of the commands have associated icons.
To choose an icon for a command, select the command and click Modify > Change Icon. On the Change Icon dialog (Figure 27), scroll through the available icons, select one, and click OK to assign it to the command.
Figure 27: Change Icon dialog
To use a custom icon, create it in a graphics program and import it into LibreOffice by clicking the Import button on the Change Icon dialog. For best quality, custom icons should be 24 x 24 pixels in size; other sizes will be scaled automatically.
Select Modify > Reset Icon to revert to the option’s default icon.